Inwangsan Hike in the Rain: Seoul City Wall Trail to 338.2m

Stone tiger sculpture 눈와강국 호랑이 at the Cheongunde Park trailhead, the starting point for the Inwangsan hike in Seoul, surrounded by dense summer-green trees under an overcast sky

Inwangsan (인왕산, 338.2 m) sits less than 30 minutes from central Seoul by subway, and most visitors to the capital never climb it. They walk the palace district below and glance up at the granite ridgeline — and keep moving. On an overcast or rainy day, that is the most wrong it gets. Light rain … Read more